Petition #11481505

• Davidson County, Tennessee. filing started October 23, 1815.
• Court: Legislative
• Salutation: To the Honorable the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee

Abstract

Michael C. Dunn, sheriff of Davidson County, seeks reimbursement of the expenses he incurred in transporting John Rose, who was "charged with having stolen & conveyed away a negro named Ralph the property of Matthew Brewer of the County of Smith." Dunn therefore "prays this Honorable Assembly that a Law may be passed remunerating him for money expended."

Result: Referred to committee of claims.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Receipt, Michael C. Dunn, Sheriff of Davidson County, 10 August 1808; Expense Account, Michael C. Dunn, 11 August 1808; Copy of Court Order, May Term 1808
• Pages of related documents: 4

3 people are documented within petition 11481505

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee

• Legislative Petitions
• Microfilm: Reel #5,

Subjects

• Jails/Workhouses
• Theft of enslaved